Fionola Meredith

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I once asked a builder if he’d take me on as an apprentice… so let’s see more young people entering a trade

2 weeks ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Fionola Meredith

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I’m not one for tearing down statues, but using a slave owner to promote luxury living in Belfast leaves me uneasy

3 weeks ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Fionola Meredith

If you’ve been passing through Belfast city centre recently, near the back of City Hall, you might have noticed a large portrait of a benign, pleasant-looking old man in period dress, raising a cup of hot chocolate. It has appeared as part of the branding of the Bedford, a new multi-million-pound luxury boutique hotel on the corner of Donegall Square South. The Bedford will open in October, on the site of what was previously to become the George Best hotel.
Give it a rest on lecturing people on what they should or shouldn’t do on Sundays

4 weeks ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Fionola Meredith

Martyrs Memorial Free Presbyterian Church on the Ravenhill Road, Belfast, is just around the corner from where I live — so, naturally, I take a passing interest in what’s going on there. We’re practically neighbours, after all. Last Sunday, during the Belfast City Marathon, a giant blue banner was draped across the front of the church, reminding everyone to remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy.
Ulster Museum shows we can overcome wrongs of past by making amends in present

1 month ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Fionola Meredith

Repatriation of human remains to Hawaii carried out with respect and sensitivity We are all too aware of our history here. Which means that when something about our past is revealed that provokes genuine surprise, it seems especially striking. That was the case when I read this week about the Ulster Museum’s repatriation of human remains to Hawaii.
Parakeets may not even pose a threat, but NI can be a hostile place for newcomers

1 month ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Fionola Meredith

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Senator George Mitchell’s plea for young people to remain in NI unfairly saddles them with our troubled past

1 month ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Fionola Meredith

Senator George Mitchell has given a lot of his life to Northern Ireland. No one can doubt the energy, commitment and patience the American mediator brought to negotiating the historic peace deal in 1998. Now aged 91, and in ill health for the past number of years, Senator Mitchell came back to Belfast this week to give a talk to young people at Queen’s University, where he is chancellor emeritus.
Fionola Meredith: Our canine companions offer a pure and measurable devotion that human relationships can seldom hope to match

1 month ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Fionola Meredith

Why don’t we admit it once and for all? Dogs are better than people. They’re more loyal, more devoted and they give their owners more unconditional love than a human being is capable of. Join the Belfast Telegraph WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with some of Northern Ireland's biggest stories
Fionola Meredith: Displaying the dead in museums and churches raises ethical questions, but history cannot always be sanitised

2 months ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Fionola Meredith

Is it ethical to put dead bodies on display, even if they are hundreds of years old? This week, it was reported that an Anglican church in Dublin has been unable to reopen a historic crypt to the public after the remains of mummified bodies were damaged in an arson attack. Join the Belfast Telegraph WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with some of Northern Ireland's biggest stories
A secret hatred of the obese reveals our moral panic over fatness - and it’s the weight loss industry that is fuelling it

2 months ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Fionola Meredith

Fat people — why the hatred? Despising those who are obese is a secret prejudice nursed by many in society. No puns intended, but they’re an easy target. Recently, the owner of a local cafe, Belfast Breakfast Baps, posted an astonishingly vitriolic diatribe on Facebook. Join the Belfast Telegraph WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with some of Northern Ireland's biggest stories
Agreeing with Paul Givan may hurt... but Education Minister has got it right on the use of mobile phones in schools

2 months ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Fionola Meredith

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